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Chapter 11 Sectional Conflict Increases

Chapter 11 Sectional Conflict Increases. Section Two: Compromise comes to an End. I. Early 1850’s. Election of 1852 Franklin Pierce- Dem.- solid on all questions Winfield Scott- Whig- little enthusiasm Pierce wins- weak leader Fugitive Slave Act Federal crime to assist runaways

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Chapter 11 Sectional Conflict Increases

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  1. Chapter 11 Sectional Conflict Increases Section Two: Compromise comes to an End

  2. I. Early 1850’s • Election of 1852 • Franklin Pierce- Dem.- solid on all questions • Winfield Scott- Whig- little enthusiasm • Pierce wins- weak leader • Fugitive Slave Act • Federal crime to assist runaways • Divides further

  3. II. Antislavery Literature • Object was to change public opinion • Uncle Tom’s Cabin- Harriet Beecher Stowe • Sections printed in newspapers • Book 1852- sold quickly • Reaction to Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Depicted slavery in many forms • Showed breaking of families • Why slavery was morally wrong • Southern writers counter

  4. III. Kansas-Nebraska Act • Debate over spread of slavery • Stephan Douglas- Kansas and Nebraska- pop sovereignty • Northerners oppose

  5. IV. “Bleeding Kansas” • Antislavery vs. proslavery- both groups send families to migrate • Elections in Kansas • Illegal votes by Missourians • Proslavery gov. and antislavery gov. • Violence in Kansas • Two rival govs. – attacks on each group • John Brown • Sumner beating

  6. V. The Republican Party • Strictly antislavery party- new • Elections of 1854 and 1856 • John C. Fremont- Rep. • James Buchanan- Dem.- winner • The Lecompton Constitution • Protected rights of slaveholders • Criticized by Douglas

  7. Assignment • Read the two slave narratives on page 353. Answer the Understanding Literature questions.

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